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FIERINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fieriness mean?
• FIERINESS (noun)
The noun FIERINESS has 2 senses:
1. the heat or the color of fire
2. a passionate and quick-tempered nature
Familiarity information: FIERINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The heat or the color of fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fieriness; red heat
Hypernyms ("fieriness" is a kind of...):
heat; high temperature; hotness (the presence of heat)
Derivation:
fiery (like or suggestive of fire)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A passionate and quick-tempered nature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fieriness" is a kind of...):
heat; passion; warmth (the trait of being intensely emotional)
Derivation:
fiery (very intense)
fiery (characterized by intense emotion)
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